MARIA“We’ve been walking for hours, where exactly are we going?”Maria’s words from before had come back to bite her in the ass and she seriously regretted uttering them now.They’d been walking in the forest for over two hours now and despite how far they had come, all she could see in front of them was mass and masses of bushes. It was like they had not made any progress at all, which was just crazy because they had been walking for over two bloody hours!Two bloody hours of being bitten by mosquitoes—and who knew what else—two hours of walking and her feet were aching her, two hours of the branches and twigs digging into her flesh—some had succeeded in cutting her—and two hours of her captor ignoring her.She was fed up. “Talk to me.” She hissed.“I’m not your entertainment, princess.” The asshole finally spoke, using his sword to cut through the next set of clogged branches they came across, his shoulders heaving with force, swiping and hacking, until it was open enough that they
MARIA Maria supposed she should be glad that she was not going to be sleeping out there underneath trees or in between grasses where anything could get to her, but her other option wasn’t that great either.She couldn’t see anything inside the cave because of how dark it was. How the hell were they even going to find their way inside, not to talk about spending the entire night sleeping here?Her captor took note of the fact that she was stalling at the entrance—which was funny considering how she’d walked ahead of him until they reached the cave—and walked into the darkness. She spied two stones in his hand and although she didn’t quite remember him picking them up, she said nothing about it.She hesitated for a moment, unsure whether to follow him or not because of the darkness, but it was not like she could continue standing there so she decided to push her fears to the back of her mind and walk closely behind him.Maria couldn’t explain how much she hated the dark. She’d been stu
BRAN “Vampire!”That was the last thing Bran heard before the creature dragged her farther up the cave and into the darkness, climbing father than Bran ever could while holding onto her.He stared after the creature, his thoughts in disarray. But he struggled to calm them down. To put them in their natural orderliness so that he would be able to think properly.But it was almost impossible.Maria, taken from him. By an incubus.Fuck.An incubus was a creature that fed off sexual intercourse. They got their nutrients while they had sex, so basically, without sex, they would starve to death.It didn’t take a genius to guess why they’d taken Maria. The major reason being that she was a female. Add that to the fact that she was an attractive one, it made her a prime target for incubi.Bran cursed.Another thing about incubi was that they rarely went alone. One would most likely find them in groups and Bran could bet on his life that there were more than two incubi up there. And they’d de
BRAN Bran had thought that he would be able to get to Maria before they got up, but for such big creatures, they were incredibly fast and they shot to their feet almost instantly, chasing after him.He traced to her before they could catch him, but was stopped by the incubi guarding her. The incubi stood in his path, a scowl etched on his face and his tail dancing behind him. Bran would have to be careful of those spikes.The tail moved like a whip, coming towards Bran, but he jumped out of the way before it could touch him and traced behind him—which meant that he was in front of Maria.The creature turned and dove for Bran at the same time Bran dove for Maria and traced back to the ground of the cave.He scowled when he saw that the incubus had held onto his leg and had traced alongs with them. Annoyed, Bran shot his leg out and kicked the incubus in the face, a crack ringing loud in the cave. It howled, cradling his nose which caused his hold on Bran to slip and Bran used the oppo
MARIA “You need to rest.”“No.”“Would it kill you to listen to me?”“Yes.”Maria was going to kill him. She was most definitely going to kill him.After she’d miraculously managed to push the rock off him—honestly, she still didn’t know how she’d been able to do that—they’d discovered that his leg bone had fractured. He was going to be okay, but he needed to rest in order for that to happen.And the man had absolutely no intention of resting.The moment she’d pushed the rock off him—after he’d stared into her eyes for long as though he didn’t know the kind of creature that she was—, he’d staggered to his feet, wrestled his sword out from under a rock, and after searching for the second one without progress, he’d given up and limped out of the remains of the cave with her following behind him, wincing with every step he took.It was crazy. He was the one in pain and although he grimaced as he walked, she was the one actually forcing him to rest and give his leg time to heal.“We’re n
MARIA They set back on course, her captor—since he still wouldn’t tell her his name—cutting at twigs for them pass. She noticed one time that even when the space had been enough for him to fit through, he’d still cleared it a bit before passing.She suspected he did it for her.“Shit.” He cursed all of a sudden, shoving the tip of his sword into the ground and resting on it.“You’re tired.” She observed.He didn’t answer her. He didn’t need to. It was glaringly obvious.“You need to rest.”“I don’t.” He forced out through gritted teeth. His breaths wheezed in and out through his teeth and his beautiful face was scrunched up in pain.When she looked down, she saw that the blood stain on his trousers had spread wider. He was bleeding more, and if she had to guess, it was because he was stressing the leg. He was supposed to keep the leg resting horizontally for as long as it took for an immortal’s bones to mend. For one as old as him, it would happen quicker, and that was what she’d bee
BRAN Bran jerked up to a sitting position when something brushed his leg. He looked around, but found nothing. Thinking that his eyes were still hazy from sleep, he rubbed them with his fingers and looked again, his eyes darting around. But there was nothing there. It was probably a rat. He should be thankful that it wasn’t a wild one and had not tried to eat his toe. It wouldn’t be the first time. He groaned, observing his injury and he almost smiled when he saw that it had almost completely healed. They were going to be walking a very long distance today and he didn’t need to be worrying about reopening the wood anytime twigs brushed his legs. Yesterday, he had been so close to gagging Maria when she wouldn’t stop talking about how he needed to rest. He knew that she had a point, but— Maria! Where was she? His now frantic eyes searched the cave, looking for any traces of her, but there were none. The wood from the fire had burned completely and whee there was once fire, ther
BRAN “What are you doing?” Even to Bran’s ears, he could hear how panicked he sounded, and he had every right to be.She’d shoved her fingers into the bands of her shorts and the only reason she would do something like that, was if she wanted to take it off. She’d said she wanted to have a bath, but she had to be joking, right?Her eyes flew to his, confused. “A bath. I just…” She trailed off mid-sentence and he could see the moment when it hit her. “Oh.”Yeah. Oh.He couldn’t help himself as his thoughts drifted. What had she been about to do?She’d told him that she was going to take a bath at the same time she’d attempted to take off her shorts, so there had been no time for him to process what was happening. Now that he was, he wondered if he should have let her take her shorts off if not for anything, for him to feed his eyes.It was not news that Maria had a body that could bring a man to his knees and every time he stared at her, he was reminded of that anew. She was a curvy li